Nationalism, at its core, is a performance. It is a spectacle dressed up as devotion, a theater of symbols that asks people to feel pride for things that, on a fundamental level, are entirely arbitrary. Flags flap in the wind like corporate logos, stitched together rectangles that are supposed to conjure loyalty, fear, or devotion.Continue reading “Nationalism: The Absurd Theater of Flags, Anthems, and Imperial Delusions”